Rest

Rest, a painting by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, 1644. 



The artwork depicts a pastoral scene. A woman sits on the ground, cradling a baby, while a man stands nearby. They are resting under the shade of large trees. Several sheep and goats are lying down around them, and a brown cow stands in the background. A small brown dog is visible in the lower right corner. The background shows a flat landscape under a somewhat cloudy sky. The overall style is characteristic of Dutch Golden Age landscape painting, with attention to detail in the figures, animals, and landscape. The painting measures 0.343 meters in width and 0.432 meters in height and is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.